The only time I had a leak from PEX was when a plastic fitting broke. It was easily replaced.
I really hate my power company. Power went out around 6:30pm Thursday due to severe storms. I get that. Called to report outage and didn't expect any work done that night. Friday morning the automated message said they dispatched crews but they didn't. Got hopeful when I heard chainsaws but it was just the loggers. They cut just enough of a path that they could get through to work-- and they aren't supposed to be on the roads within 24hrs of substantial rain bc their trucks tear the roads up. They filled in some of the ditches to drive across and that led to flooding on the roads. They are supposed to put little bridges across or put in culverts but they never do. Same thing with digging the ditches out when they are done. So we had some flooding.
My power company is not the same as the one in town. The one in town had power back to people by Friday evening. My power company had power back to everyone in my area by 6pm Saturday-- well, everyone BUT me. Literally every other house and building had power. They called to tell me power had been restored so I drove my happy behind home expecting to find AC and be able to cook. All of the houses had lights, including my nearest neighbors. I get to my house and the security light isn't even on (and that is before my meter pole). Those clowns restored power to everyone else. My brother tried calling their emergency number but they wouldn't pick up. After over 100 rings they hung up on him. Kept calling and getting a message that there was "an open ticket" but nothing about sending anyone. There were no lines down, no trees on lines, etc.. No damage to lines between my house and the neighbors. No crews were dispatched.
The freezer side of the fridge started leaking water from defrosting and soaked the floor. When I got Mom's insulin out last night it was still slightly cold, but by the time they finally turned the power back on this afternoon, it was warm. Out at least $300 worth of food. Air fryer died from the power surges. Need to replace the insulin, etc. All bc they forgot to flip a switch to turn our power back on. They have switches for each customer that they can turn off due to nonpayment or when a customer needs it shut off to have an electrician work on stuff. They seem to have forgotten to flip it back on. And its not the first time they've done this to us either. They forgot in the past and restored power to everyone else. It got up to 90 two days in a row.
Been trying to clean up the water from the floor but I overheated and ended up racking out for the day. I didn't even eat today bc I was so aggravated.
At least Mom ate-- although she did fall down earlier. Bro wasn't home and Mom couldn't use intercom to call me bc power was out. So she went to her door to call for me, and then got dizzy (meds she's taking for leg pain make her dizzy). She apparently bounced off of a few things before she hit the floor. I rushed in as fast as I could and tried to pick her up. Called my brother but he didn't answer. Called my friend and he woke my brother up. Then Mom decided to try getting on her knees to crawl onto the bed. I braced her feet so she could push herself up. I was able to lift her legs and put them on the bed and then help her roll. She had her left arm stuck so I got her to roll enough that she could grab my hand with her left hand and I pulled it free. She still has a UTI and doesn't feel well.
If I thought it would actually do anything I'd send the power company a bill for my groceries. Have to replace everything-- including all the new stuff we just stocked the freezer up with. And it wouldn't have gone bad if they'd just flipped the switch when they did everyone else's. This is on top of them doubling what they charge bc they got a brand new CEO who got a huge pay raise. They raised the rates to compensate for his increased salary.
We are looking in to a solar package kit from Sun Gold now. They have a sale on right now and we could get 20kw. Comes with free shipping and free battery rack, all the batteries, the cables, the solar panels, inverters, etc. We can fit some of the panels on the roof and others in the yard behind, but will need to mow the grass and clear some stuff and put down weed tarps to keep weeds from getting in the way. Just need to find the best place for the batteries. Thinking of lining a closet with sheetrock and putting them in there.
I wonder how much it would take to run the workshop. Would only be running one tool at a time-- like a planer or tablesaw, plus the lights.
. Well, soon enough The TPR valve discharge will be threaded plumbing .
